WE GET TOGETHER starts on the houseparty opening Thursday next. Raft of greedy bounders he says you wait and see. A nd worse says I. Whai about making ike old ancestral home a den o1 thieves ? Go on says he we ain$ sunk to that—not yet. That's all you know I tells him &ni asks why he thinks I'm here. You bet I opened hi$ eyes. I guess you should see him Wednesday be/ore I go. I put him wise about A.E. /or he'll be on to him like a cat on a fiteted soal. tl And very nice, too," said I. " Fluffs pulling his weight all right." " I thought he would/' said Jonah, returning the glass. *' How far Walker can help remains to be seen, but so far as Auntie Emma's concerned, this is a deuce of a scoop." " Here's more luck," said I. ... Jonah pointed over his shoulder. "Courtyard on your-left," he said, "Leave her there, and they'll wash her as soon as they've done the Rolls. We've got the place to ourselves," " And a bath ? " said I. " I must get some of this off." " First floor back," said my cousin, " I believe the room to be occupied, but I think I should walk right in," When I had berthed the Lowland, I made my way upstairs and took his advice. Crouched in a large iron vessel, which was shaped like a bucket and was standing some three feet high, my brother-in-law regarded me with a suspicions stare. At length----- "You're late," he said grimly, "This is the second act." 153